Work & commute · Bamberg

Work & commute in Bamberg, SC

Most working residents leave Bamberg for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Columbia (7%), Orangeburg (6%) and North Charleston (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

179 of 1,320 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,141 Bamberg residents head out of town to work, 179 work right here, and 948 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bamberg.

1,141live here, work elsewhere

179live and work here

948work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bamberg goes to work

Bamberg (in town)right here

14%179

Columbia51.7 mi away

7%92

Orangeburg16.4 mi away

6%74

North Charleston61.8 mi away

4%50

Denmark6 mi away

3%33

Wilkinson Heights17.7 mi away

2%31

Aiken43.1 mi away

2%28

Charleston69.4 mi away

2%26

Barnwell19.8 mi away

2%25

Lexington49.1 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%769

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Bamberg commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

25%

24%

20%

31%

25%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bamberg is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bamberg are

1,127 jobs are based in Bamberg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bamberg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bamberg

1,127 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Bamberg residents hold

1,320 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month49%

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Jobs based in Bamberg, 2013 → 2023: 1,123 → 1,127. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.